Click below to download the PSD template with live text to edit with all the effects applied to the layer.

Download PSD

The font I’ve used in the file is Pacifico, which you can download from Font Squirrel.

Below is a tutorial run through of how I did it.

Letterpress effect in Photoshop

1. Create you word you want to letterpress. In my case Letterpress (original, I know!)

2. Add a INNER SHADOW to the text layer.
Blend mode needs to be MULTIPLY at 50% Black.
Angle 90.
Distance 2px and Size 4px

3. Now add a DROP SHADOW to the same text layer with the settings:
Blend mode set to NORMAL at 28% white.
Angle 90.
Distance 1px and Size 2px.

4. Last thing to do is add a GRADIENT OVERLAY to again the same text layer.
Blend mode NORMAL at 78% Opacity.
Set the GRADIENT from Black to Dark Grey.
Style to Linear, which it should be set to by default.
Angle 90 and Scale 100%.

And hopefully you should end up with something like this!

Here are a collection of mediocre photos from my collection run through a blur filter in Photoshop CS6 to create some really nice background which look great as the main hero image or background in a website design. I have included below the Photoshop Action with the blur settings. Hopefully it will work.

Download: photoshop-action.zip

Today’s freebie is 5 pixelated background wallpapers. Each of these was produced using a fantastic Photoshop action plugin called Pixelator by SparkleStock. Really easy to use and comes with 100+ actions to create a variety of different pixelated patterns using your own photos. You can purchase it from their shop over at Creative Market for only a few dollars.